Farming Simulator Gold
The popular and successful Farming Simulator is now available
in a gold edition with brand new content!
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Farming
Simulator Gold
Release Date:
26
th March 2010
Price:
£24.99
Excalibur Publishing Limited brings you Farming
Simulator Gold from Astragon and GIANTS.
Become
a farmer and experience the thrill of driving heavy modern
farm equipment as you try and feed the world! Choose from
a variety of vehicles and implements, and explore the
huge, over 4 km ², island.
Either
play missions (ideal for learning how to operate the heavy
machinery) or enter career mode.
In career mode you start in a sparsely-equipped farmhouse
with old equipment. You set to work plowing, cultivating
and seeding fields with the intention that the resulting
harvest will provide you with the financial resources
to better equip your yard and increase your productivity!
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Farming
Simulator is a huge success in Germany and the link
to the official website, where you can get additional vehicles/mods
and meet other Farming Simulator fans, is here. |
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Upgrade
Offer
If
you have the Excalibur Publishing version of Farming
Simulator 2009 you can upgrade to Farming Simulator
Gold by sending...
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a cheque for £6.50 made payable to Contact
Sales Limited
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the last page of the Farming Simulator 2009 manual
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your name and address
...to
Contact Sales Ltd, P O Box 586, Banbury, Oxfordshire OX16
6BY.
We
will then send you a new copy of Farming Simulator
Gold.
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Features
• Career mode with business section
• Numerous missions and tutorials
• Large fleet of authentic Fendt vehicles
• Variety of equipment
• 4 crops: barley, corn, canola and wheat
• Day and night cycle with changing weather
• Download additional vehicles and equipment with automatic
mod installation
• Supports Gamepad & Steering Wheel
New Content
in the Gold Edition
· 4 completely new missions: grubbing, seeding, spraying
and bale collecting
· 7 new tools and vehicles: 3 grubbers for cultivation,
2 seeding machines from HORSCH, a spraying machine and
an automatic bale collector
· New configuration menu for a free key assignment of
keyboard and gamepad
· Support of more gamepads, joysticks and steering wheels
About
Farming Simulator 2009
There are two ways to play either Mission based - which
is great for learning how to operate the machinery - or Career
Mode.
Missions
There are 17 missions in the standard game which offer you a
quick introduction and give you the opportunity to directly
try out the different vehicles and tools. Missions with a green
border are part of a series of tutorials that show you the necessary
steps to cultivate a field successfully.
When
you start a mission, a set of photos explains the current objective
and shows all the relevant shortcut keys. Each mission either
needs to be completed within a given time limit, or a certain
goal has to be reached. Depending on how well you did, you receive
either a bronze, a silver or a gold medal at the end of a mission.
Career
Mode
In the career mode you are free to do whatever you want. When
starting a new career, you can select a save state which keeps
track of your progress. Then you can choose one of three difficulty
levels. The difficulty determines, among other things, your
starting capital, the amount of grain you already have in your
silos, and the prices for delivered grain.
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The
Farm
You start the game with a moderate pool of vehicles and
tools which largely consists of decrepit machinery. Although
you can certainly work with this equipment, you should
purchase more powerful machines as soon as you have the
financial means.
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Silos
There are several silos at your farm where you can store
your harvest temporarily. Each silo is labeled with the
grain type it contains. To store your harvest in a silo
you have to unload the filled tipper in the southwestern
corner of the farm. When the tipper stands in its correct
position, a green symbol is displayed, and you can unload
the tipper. To load a tipper you have to steer it underneath
the silo. The pipe opens automatically as soon as you’re
positioned correctly.
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Fields
To earn money you need to cultivate the island’s fields
(see tutorial missions) and deliver the harvest to one
of the three grain stations (mill, port, brewery). The
prices of the grain types change continuously and not
every station accepts all types of grain or pays the same
price. Your PDA informs you about the current prices at
all times.
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Fendt
Station
The local farm machines trader offers a broad range of
vehicles and tools. Here you can invest your hard-earned
money in better equipment and sell your old vehicles.
The store’s buying prices always stay the same. If you
want to sell something, the sum of money you get largely
depends on your current reputation.
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Vehicles and Implements |
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Tractors
Tractors are essential for your daily work. The old tractor
you own at the start of the career mode is somewhat deficient
and won’t get you very far. As soon as you can afford a
more powerful vehicle, you should visit the local Fendt
Station. |
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Front
Loader
The front loader tractor allows you to perform several transport
tasks, such as carrying straw bales onto the conveyor belt
at your farm or transporting pallets from A to B. |
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Plows
Before you can seed your field, you need to loosen up the
soil with a plow. There are several plows of different sizes
available in the game. |
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Sowing
Machines
You can freely select what you want to sow. You can choose
between wheat, barley, corn, canola and grass. You only
have to sow grass once as it regrows after you’ve mowed
it. |
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Sprayers
You need to tend your fields, or you won’t get the best
harvest out of your fields. While the plants are growing
you should fertilize them with the sprayer. You can buy
two sprayers with different working widths at the store.
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Combine
Harvester
Once the grain is ripe you can climb into a combine, attach
the fitting cutter and harvest the field. To harvest corn
you need to attach the specially designed corn cutter. |
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Trailers
Once the combine’s grain tank is full, you can unload
the harvest into a tipper. Then you can drive the trailer
to one of the three grain stations (mill, port, brewery)
where you receive money for your crop.
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Quad
Baler
The straw that accumulates during the threshing process
can be pressed into bales with the baler. You can transport
these bales with the front loader to the straw elevator
at your farm. You can also use the baler to press dry grass
to hay bales. |
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Cultivators
You use a cultivator to work the soil of a freshly harvested
field. After cultivating a field, you can just seed it again.
It is up to you if you want to plow the field beforehand. |
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Mowers
Grass ready to be mowed can be recognized by the flowers
growing in it. Attach a mower to your tractor and drive
over the meadow. |
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Grass
Forage Wagon
The grass forage wagon automatically loads mowed grass.
You simply need to attach the wagon to a tractor, activate
it and then drive over the mowed grass. Grass can be dumped
on the grass heap at your farm, which earns you some money.
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Tedder
To accelerate the drying process of mowed grass, you can
turn it over with the rotor tedder. The dry hay can then
be gathered with the forage wagon or you can press it into
bales with the baler. |
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Windrower
The windrower prepares mowed grass by raking it into windrows
which, makes it easier for the forage wagon or the baler
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Additional
Vehicles
The link to the official website (where you can find out about
downloading additional vehicles/mods) is here.
Farming
Simulator Gold
Release Date: 26th March 2010
Price: £24.99
System Requirements
Minimum System Requirements:
•Microsoft Windows XP or Vista
•2.0 GHz Intel or equivalent AMD processor
•1 GB RAM
•1 GB available hard disc space
•Nvidia Geforce 6800 Series, ATI Radeon X850 or S3 Chrome 430
GT graphics card (minimum 128 MB VRAM)
•sound card
